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Farm Bill Updates

About every five years, the U.S. Congress passes the biggest set of food and farming policies that define the majority of federal farm, food, nutrition, and rural economic programs. At a cost of about $440 billion over five years, these programs influence: What is grown; who grows it; how it is grown or produced; what is done with those products and where they are sold; who can access and afford those goods; and how we invest in rural communities.

Watch and listen as two experienced farmers share stories and practical approaches for small-scale, diversified farms that use the principles of agroecology.  This discussion may provide you with ideas that small farms where you live can adapt and thrive.

After many long days of negotiations, the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) made a historic move for safer food and farming by passing a resolution on highly hazardous pesticides (HHPs) that calls for action to globally phase out the use of the world’s most toxic pesticides by 2035. Tied with this resolution was the passing of a mandate for UNEP to implement this commitment by forming the Global Alliance on HHPs.

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A pesticide-free tradition

I saw a fellow Anishinaabe friend recently and asked after their work. Knowing that I was referring to their office job, they looked amused by my question and responded: “I just got back from two weeks of wild rice harvesting.” 

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Chlorpyrifos sales in California to end by February 2020

For immediate release – October 9, 2019 SACRAMENTO, CA — This afternoon, the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) announced sales of the neurodevelopmental toxicant pesticide chlorpyrifos will end by February 2020, and use will end by December 2020. Until then, all uses must comply with

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California announces end for brain-harming pesticide

Chlorpyrifos use will be banned in December 2020 For Immediate Release: October 9, 2019 Sacramento: In a historic win for public health, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today announced a decisive end to the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos in California. Dow and other manufacturers

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